I don't really think it's the reason that gaming options for linux are as slim as they are, but it is certainly true that OpenGL lags behind DirectX. The OpenGL people spent a long time doing nothing, and during that time DirectX took the market.
If you deploy Linux, OS/X or any other operating system and hand over the root password (or sudo access) to a typical *user* it will get messed up too.
This is one of the huge differences between windows and linux. On windows you have to actively lock down the system to prevent the typical user from shooting them selves in the foot. On linux you just have to not give them the root password
1) It only prohibits the Federal Government from abridging the freedom of speech. Local state authorites are not Congress. It only prohibits Congress.
yes, and in some instances (maybe all? i'm not sure) federal law trumps local laws. that instance is specifically mentioned in the article, as to why Montgomery County's law about the display of obscene material does not apply in their public libraries.
2) It seperates the Government from the Church, not the church from the Government. This pharase "Seperation of church and state" is a bogus idea.
the constitution says that congress shall not make laws infringing a persons right to practice whatever religion they choose, nor shall they make any laws that could be construed as establishing an "official" religion. that is what the "separation of church and state" is. yes, that phrase is not in the constituion. jefferson used it when he responded to a letter written to him by a church in Connecticut, who were unhappy with the laws regarding religion in that state.
the constitution says nothing about not letting religion influence congress. so technically, there is nothing wrong with that. take abortion, for example. most people that want it outlawed probably base their reasons in religion. but if the law were to be overturned, the passage of that law would not infringe on a persons right to practice whatever religion they choose, nor would it be construed as establishing an "official" religion. though this is not to say that there are not other issues concerning the legality or morality of abortion.
An authority is a person who can tell you more about something than you really care to know.
